The Surf Ballroom and Museum in Clear Lake, Iowa, is still rockin’ more than 90 years after it opened. The concert venue is renowned as the last place Lubbock native son Buddy Holly played ...
Annie Leibovitz is a celebrated American photographer best known for her engaging and dramatic celebrity portraits. Adept at capturing her subject’s personality and inner life, her images reflect ...
In an era where authenticity reigns supreme, ballroom culture stands as a testament to the power of artistic freedom and community strength. From its historical roots to its current renaissance in ...
On Jan. 10, 1978, the Sex Pistols played at Longhorn Ballroom in something of a local music folklore moment. It was the band’s penultimate stop on their U.S. tour, their last before disbanding ...
IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED. THAT’S WHEN RITCHIE VALENS, THE BIG BOPPER AND BUDDY HOLLY DIED IN A PLANE ...
The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake is holding their annual Winter Dance Party in honor of three musicians — Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and “The Big Bopper” J.P. Richardson — who died in a ...
A team of Palestinian and Israeli directors take a daring approach to the subject. But the Oscar-nominated film could not find a U.S. distributor. By Alissa Wilkinson Kristen Stewart and Steven ...
His father, Tommy Allsup, played guitar with Buddy Holly during the 1959 Winter Dance Party Tour and was a regular performer at the Surf Ballroom until his death in 2017. After performing in his ...
Just hours after they played the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake as part of their Winter Dance Party tour, the trio and their pilot, Roger Peterson, all died when their plane crashed just north on Clear ...
HONOLULU, Hawaii – Dangerous surf is anticipated to impact the Hawaiian Islands in the coming days, prompting residents and visitors to prepare for large waves potentially reaching 35 feet. A High ...
In January of 2023, they started the renovation on the Val Air Ballroom. Last winter, they finished them. All through 2024, Sam Summers and company rocked the house, and the Waterbury neighbors didn’t ...
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